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Administrator — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 06:30:34 +0000

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By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:44:54 +0000

My daughter is Goth and kinda EMO I suppose. Is there such athing as a GOTHEMO?
She is involved in the occult and used drugs and alcohol. She is currently in a rehab. She had been cutting herself, dressing very black and dark and ripping lots of her clothes. Her attitude of life starkly contrasted my Christian values.
There is in my experience knowing her and all her friends nothing ok about this ‘trend’. Becoming like the darkness and death, how can that ever be ‘good’?

By: jess knight

jess knight — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:28:00 +0000

i would like to thank you for this website i am a christian goth and i love to write moody, mysterious, and violent poems. i think a lot of goths are misunderstood we dont really hate anyone just people who look at us like were crazy. were not all that different from anyone else we just like to be left alone and feared because it gives us a sense of pride. i think a lot of people turn goth because they were either hurt or something and they turn goth to get rid of that pain. i on the other hand did not get hurt nothing has happened to me, i have a relatively good life and yet i turned gothic one because i like the music two because i like the clothes three because when your apart of a group of gothic kids they all treat you like your family and my other friends that arent gothic have a lot more drama and they dont treat eachother with such tenderness they treat you like your just someone who is there to keep them occupied you know i had a friend who wasnt gothic and she had a lot of drama in her life she was constantly being picked on and she was constantly in a fight with someone. you know in my goth group if we have a problem we talk it out we dont go around school making rumors about someone, or say mean stuff behind someones back we just talk it out and if we cant solve the problem and were still mad at each other we usually get together privately and talk if we want to or compromise even if that means promising not to do it ever again, or we duke it out and once we get tired of beeting the crap out of eachother we either wont be friends anymore or well just say sorry and say that we finally got all of our anger out and then were ok. and yah i know your thinking how can you hit someone and be hit by them and still be friends its because we learn to forgive everyone for any and all mistakes i mean were only human we all make mistakes and we just build our lives around forgiveness, love, and companionship. thats why i think most goths are misunderstood just because we look creepy,weird, and violent sometimes doesnt mean we want to kill you were just finding a way to stand out and and be known of our love for eachother. thanx again for the website it helped me know that im not the only one whos life is like this

By: Elena Cassell

Elena Cassell — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:35:29 +0000

Hey. id just like to say that i really like this website. all that has been said is totally true. being goth doesnt mean that u r satanist or nethin. im christian…although most tend to stereotype me as being “evil” or “devil-worshipping”. this especially happens at my school where the majority is black people, who listen to rap and r&b. many people look at me and my friends weirdly, just b/c of the way we dress or look. i dont always dress goth…its funny on days i dress like what people consider normal, i get compliments on what im wearing. people ask me why i dress in black & stuff when im so pretty i dont consider myself lookin any different, no matter how i dress. its just that im more comfortable in my black “gothic” clothes, as people call them. i really wish people will stop stereotyping goths…they really are just like every else. they can be some of the nicest, friendliest, coolest ppl.

By: Naty 92

Naty 92 — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:22:43 +0000

hey i’d just like to say that even though i do not view my self as a goth i do like some of the music and appreciate the fashion and i do have a lot of friends that are gothic. my parents flipped when they thought about the idea of me going goth but then i showed my mom this website and she now understands that being gothic doesn’t neccisatily mean that you have to be satanic or suicidal… so basicaly i just want to say, thanx for the website, it really is helping people open their eys and minds to new ideas ;-)

By: giovanna

giovanna — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:22:04 +0000

i have a lot of friends that are gothic i have allways had a fasination with them and vampires ever since i could remember i wouldnt class my self as looking gothic like most do but i wear heavy black eyeliner and black clothes i listen to alot of gothic(heavy metal bands)like system of a down, marylin manson, black sabbath, i think its all about finding an identity and relating to some one i know that even though i am descrimated by most people as a goth for being different i am able to love people i have emotions and deep feelings like everyone else and i have people who do accept me for me.

By: Gothic Girl Wear » US teens tell parents to wake up to pyjama fashion

Gothic Girl Wear » US teens tell parents to wake up to pyjama fashion — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:57:19 +0000

[...] Some styles morph into others. The all-black “goth” look has evolved in some teenage circles into “emo” – short for emotional – that features contrasting black, white, red and pink stripes, heavy eyeliner and a devotion to the New Jersey-based band My Chemical Romance. [...]

By: nolan

nolan — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:42:44 +0000

I would like to thank you for this website it not only lets non goths become familiar with the gothic culture but helps goths feel good aout them selfs. so thank you for helping to open the eyes of the commen steriotypeing public.

By: Doctor Raven

Doctor Raven — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 04:58:38 +0000

Greetings,

My sobriquet is Dr. Raven and I’m a Goth writer and journalist profiling all aspects of the Goth community. I am also a Christian and fully and completley have accepted Jesus as Lord of my life. Its true the media and the Christian Subculture (not the Christian faith but our corporate Christian Culture) has a poorly defined view of what it means to be Goth and especially in our Christian Subculture we have redefined what it means to “Love your neighbor” when we only surround ourselves with people who have already been reached. I am thankful for what Apologetics Index does in educating the body and continuing to open doors to preach the Gospel. Remember brothers and sisters that your neighbor is everyone around you. Including the kid in a top hat and make up smoking cigarretes as well as the well dressed young well mannered individual. We are called to reach the world, not just the people WE want to see in heaven.

Gods Peace.

Dr. Raven

By: Seth

Seth — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:30:39 +0000

I am a Goth. I have been a goth for a long time and all this stuff to do with murders does not reflect on the foundations of people who are goth. I do not believe in religion because it bounds free thought and there is no proof. Liking black since I was 6 I somethines wonder if i was born goth (if it is possible). Thankyou for your articles on goth and gothic peoples.

P.S.- Marilyn Manson was not the cause of Columbine as many people seem to think, and Manson may sing goth but he is not the only goth singer. He has no more effect to other people who claim to be gothic and commit suicide or murder.

By: ValiantRa

ValiantRa — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 06:16:05 +0000

I am a Goth. I was not always a goth. I was a punk, a new wave fanatic and finally a goth the final culmination of my search for self.. I was a founding member of the western new york goth list that died as the scene evaporated in Buffalo, a long time Convergence attendee and a traveler to the Withby Gothic Weekend in the UK. I was raised Catholic but realize the errors of the Roman catholic religion. I beleive in a creator but not a religion.. I beleive that I can touch my creator without having to join or subscribe to any group. I long for friends that feel the same way…I hope that somewhere out there they exist. I wait there contact.

By: Ancara

Ancara — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 05:47:59 +0000

Well… my mother is a conservative Cathoic that does not understand monden culture. Born and raised with out a choice in the fact of going to mass every sunday, i fell into the “goth” persona. It works well for my life, with all the other “stuff” it comes with. I found this site fairly accurate with what I found out though other reasourses. My mother on the other hand does not believe that this information can be true. To bad for a closed mind eh?

By: Xandra

Xandra — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:35:12 +0000

I am a Christian Goth and I would like to thank you for this site. I like Goth especially for the clothes, but also for the music and because my Goth friends are the most real people I know.

My parents became very concerned when I got more into the Goth culture. So I looked for information that I could give them and I found this site via Google. The research information you list is great and helped convince my parents that I am normal(!) and that there is nothing to worry about.

Thanks!

Xandra